Many current UConn players are expected to participate, too, including Jeremy Lamb (UConn), Michael Bradley (UConn), Alex Oriakhi (UConn), Enosch Wolf (UConn). That list will likely grow. Newcomers Ryan Boatright and DeAndre Daniels are said to have expressed interest. Roscoe Smith and Shabazz Napier played last summer. Class and study hall schedules often prevent UConn players from making all the games, but most members of the team have been involved to some level in recent years.

With the NBA in a lockout, league founder Peter Higgins is hoping other NBA players will decide to play, too. Kemba Walker (UConn, Bobcats) will spent a lot of time in Connecticut in the coming weeks and months, and Jimmer Fredette (BYU, Kings) has family in the state.

Several details are still being worked out. Not all teams have been assigned a sponsor and, therefore, a name. Player availability is still being determined, and some players are still considering a few different teams to play for. Also, players have been known to change teams early in the season. Rosters are not typically set until a couple weeks into the season - and they sometimes change just before the playoffs, too.

Wednesday's opening game will feature a team with Drummond, widely regarded as the top high school player in the nation, against Cambyland, a team mostly of former city high school standouts, such as Charles "The Beast" Easterling. The second game of the doubleheader will be a rematch of last summer's championship series - Simoniz All-Stars vs. the Doc Hurley All-Stars.

Walker, playing for the Hurley All-Stars, was named playoff MVP last season. Easterling was the regular season MVP.

The playoffs will start on or around Aug. 10 with play-in games for seeds 7-10. There will then be quarterfinals, semifinals and a three-game championship series to take place Aug. 16, 17 and if necessary, 18.

Sport and Medical Sciences Academy is located at 280 Huyshope Avenue. Admission is free and concessions are available.